One of my favorite ESPN commercials involves the New Jersey Devil and an elevator ride to hell. I’ve shared this before, but it’s worth, um, resurrecting given the start tonight of the Stanley Cup Finals between the New Jersey Devils and Los Angeles Kings. For those who don’t know, that’s hockey.

So much for the 2012 end of the world. This is, supposedly, the year that Mayans warned the apocalypse would come. But, according to a study in the journal Science, Mayan calendars recently discovered in the ruins of Xultun go well beyond 2012.

The defense attorneys for Hamza Boutouli, a 25-year-old Muslim, have admitted that their client killed the blind imam at the Muslim Welfare House in London’s Finsbury Park. What the defense and prosecutors are arguing in Boutouli’s trial for the manslaughter of Sheikh Maymoun Zazour... read on

I’m a fan of zombie stories: “Walking Dead,” “Dawn of the Dead,” even the “Resident Evil” film series. And this story from the Miami Herald sounds frighteningly like one of the scenes I’ve seen in any one of those zombie movies and shows. Well, except for the naked part.

Maryland does not recognize same-sex marriage, but last week the state’s highest court said that if a same-sex couple legally married in another state sought a divorce in Maryland court, then Maryland would have to grant it. From the ABA Journal:

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